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An old bawd being carried before a justice for keeping a disorderly house, strongly denied all that was charged upon her. "Housewife! housewife!" said the justice, "how have you the assurance to deny it; you do keep a bawdy-house, and I will maintain it." "Will you," replied the old lady, "the Lord bless you! I always heard you were a kind-hearted gentleman."

From: OLD JOE MILLER, being A COMPLETE AND CORRECT COPY from the Best Edition of his Celebrated Jests; and also including ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN ABOVE FIFTY JEST-BOOKS PUBLISHED FROM THE YEAR 1558 TO THE PRESENT TIME. Published in 1800.

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An old bawd being carried before a justice for keeping a disorderly house, strongly denied all that was charged upon her. "Housewife! housewife!" said the justice, "how have you the assurance to deny it; you do keep a bawdy-house, and I will maintain it." "Will you," replied the old lady, "the Lord bless you! I always heard you were a kind-hearted gentleman."

From: OLD JOE MILLER, being A COMPLETE AND CORRECT COPY from the Best Edition of his Celebrated Jests; and also including ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN ABOVE FIFTY JEST-BOOKS PUBLISHED FROM THE YEAR 1558 TO THE PRESENT TIME. Published in 1800.